Committee Members CID Committee Faculty Clare Crowston, CID Chair Peter Fritzsche, Department Chair Vernon Burton Shefali Chandra Fred Hoxie Clarence Lang Student Representatives Kristina Durocher Sandra Henderson Kerry Wynn Graduate Studies Committee Faculty Max Edelson Megan McLaughlin Kathryn Oberdeck Leslie Reagan Charles Stewart Student Representatives Jason Tebbe, HGSA President Ben Murphy, HGSA Vice-President Karen Rodriguez'G, Women's Caucus

Goals Our department will restructure the graduate program through discussion and debate in committee meetings and forums involving faculty, graduate students, and alumni. Through the exploration of programmatic, disciplinary, diversity, placement, morale, and procedural issues, the CID team will develop a clear set of skills and habits of mind to be instilled in Ph.D. recipients and then define the procedures by which they will be acquired.

Snapshots Here is a list of innovations we have made as a part of our work with the CID: First Year Course Sequence First Year Evaluation Adviser-Advisee Guidelines Dissertation Writing Workshop Proposal Writing Workshop Financial Aid Criteria Creating and Nurturing Robust Intellectual Communities

Documents, Presentations and Links Commonalities PowerPoint Key Ideas PowerPoint Graduate Courses Tour of the History Department History Department Calendar Ideal Ph.D. Recipient

Current Work Admissions and Assessment: The evaluation of prospective student applications will be restructured, as well as the means by which a student's performance is assessed throughout the duration of the program and feedback delivered. Program Requirements: The first year course sequence and methods requirements will be modified in order to immerse the student in research earlier as well as accelerate the process to ABD (All But Dissertation). Time to ABD and Preliminary Exams: The number and types of courses required, identification of fields and advisor, and exam timeline may be streamlined in order to regularize and speed the rate at which students reach ABD. Teaching, Archival Practice, and Information Technology: The role of technology in both archival research and teaching will be explored in the first year course sequence, as well as in pedagogy orientation or workshops. Report on Requirements Report on Time to ABD Report on Teaching

Timeline September 1: Meeting of former DGS's with CID, meeting of GSC, and creation of standing committee on prelims and intellectual community September 15: Report on Graduate Education, Past, Present and Future October 1: Vetting of report by CID and GSC October 13: CID and GSC Meeting, Subcommittee Reports October 20: CID and GSC Meeting, Subcommittee Reports continued October 22: Alumni Forum November 1: GSC and CID Meeting November 17: GSC and CID Meeting December 1: Graduate Student and Faculty Forum Spring 2005: Proposals and voting on prelims Graduate/Faculty Forum Report Report on Graduate Education